Contents: 1. The Aboriginal Embassy -- 2. Social change, colonisation, politics, and justice -- 3. Justice and the country -- 4. Wage justice -- 5. The outcasts and the country town -- 6. detained "for their own good": Aboriginal settlements and stations -- 7. The christian missions and justice -- 8. Secular institutions for justice -- 9. The dark child's chance of justice -- 10. What is to be done? Bureaucratic barriers, new legislation, new institutions. Aboriginal political involvement; land rights; law; employment; settlements and missions; government policy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.